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The University of Colorado Buffs has honored Shaye Evans, an eighth-grader at Evergreen Middle School, for great attitude.
Qwest, Fox Sports Network Rocky Mountain and CU have named Evans a 2010-11 Winning Attitude Award winner. Winners are selected from a pool of stories submitted by middle school students explaining how their winning attitude made a difference in their communities. Students are honored for their outstanding efforts in sportsmanship, community involvement and teamwork.

ARVADA — It wasn’t Evergreen’s best performance. Head coach Marnie Bello would tell you that. But there were numerous reasons for that.

Mainly injuries, which have hampered the Cougars all season long, if not longer. Thus, the team’s 168.4-156.175 loss to Arvada West on Sept. 30 at Pomona High School didn’t serve as much of an indicator at what Evergreen is capable of doing. But, even still, the Cougars put their best foot forward and came away with some impressive performances.

LITTLETON — Evergreen’s Jak Hamilton won the Division 2 boys race at the Dave Sanders Invitational at Clement Park on Oct. 1, and the girls team took top honors with three finishers in the top four.

Hamilton won the boys race in a time of 16 minutes, 29 seconds, beating out Pomona’s Dezmin Rameriz by six seconds. Fellow Evergreen runners Jackson Sayler and Andre Lane finished in the top six, but Pomona placed six runners in the top 15 en route to team honors by three points over the Cougars.

While the 2010 general election day is still almost four weeks away, Colorado citizens will begin voting very soon. Mail ballots, which have become the preferred method of voting for election officials and increasing numbers of people, will go out next week. After that, early voting stations will open. In Jefferson County, voters can vote early from Oct. 18 until Oct. 29, except that polls will be closed Sunday, Oct. 24. The polls will then be open for every precinct Nov. 2.

This has been a beautiful fall, with the best color being at lower elevations, such as around Evergreen. The aspen in Little Cub Creek Valley have been at their best for a week now, but strong breezes have begun to take their toll.

October has brought some of the warm weather we looked for in September, and we have enjoyed the Indian summer days.

The Evergreen Park and Recreation District board held an emergency meeting Sept. 23 without notifying the press or the public.

The meeting reportedly was called in response to information that a group was coming to tour park facilities, and the board did not want the visitors to interfere with staff work during business hours.

During the meeting, the board discussed a rule preventing district employees from interviewing potential employers or other individuals during regular work hours. The substance of the new policy was voted on at the Sept. 28 board meeting.